Adequacy of child anthropometric indicators for measuring nutritional stress at population level: A study from Niakhar, Senegal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1533-1539

  Garenne, Michel ^a   Maire, Bernard ^b   Fontaine, Olivier ^c   Briend, André ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b University Montpellier 1 et 2   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Child growth; Mid upper arm circumference; Niakhar; Nutritional status; Responsiveness; Seasonality; Senegal

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SENEGAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPLICATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SENEGAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84881092535     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001200448X     Document Type: Article

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